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Blackmagic Buys da Vinci- Minds Blown

Noah Kadner — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:36:50 +0000

da Vinci should be on your radar for two reasons- they support RED and they are makers if incredibly expensive, high-end color grading suites most of us will never be able to afford to sit in. And yet they just got bought up by bargain video card maker, Blackmagic Design. My question is- will this mean greatly reduced prices on Davinci software in the future? Or is this just good news for the high end post houses that can already afford them? A few words from BMD head, Grant Petty on the purchase:

First review of RED: The Ultimate Guide to Using the Camera is out!

Noah Kadner — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:08:24 +0000

Noah’s RED book has received its first review and it’s a nice one from Steve Sherrick, a longtime REDuser and fellow blogger. Here’s an excerpt:

If you have never heard of the RED One, also known as R1, well you will definitely want to pick up Noah’s book and read it from cover to cover at least 2 or 3 times. It will get you up to speed in a hurry. If you have heard of it but never actually used the camera, the book will answer many of the questions you may have and provide you with enough information to feel comfortable to take the camera out and shoot with it. If you are an experienced Red user, well, there’s still a lot you can pick up on in this book as not only does it cover the basics of operating, but gets into the details of data management, postproduction, and how to integrate audio.

Noah’s RED Book Released!

Noah Kadner — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:51:47 +0000

This blog has been a little quiet for 2009, due to my hard work writing the first and only book on the RED camera. RED: The Ultimate Guide to Using the Revolutionary Camera is finally done and available now! From the official press release:

Read more on Noah’s RED Book Released!…

RED economics

Gunleik Groven — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:35:22 +0000

How RED and a messed up economy will revolutionize everything… back to how everything was – pre DV. Or: Time for a cold shower if you are a gold-digger and not serious about your commitment.  These are hard times. With posts like these popping up:

Finishing “While Waiting ” – Color workflow, part 2

Gunleik Groven — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:33:55 +0000

Preparing the timeline, but first…

As this will be a shorter post, I’ll start with a small digression:
Since my last post, the Adobe workflow is out, and I am hangin’ in here with Color and FCP for this project…. What old news one can feel like

DP defends his decision to not buy a RED

Noah Kadner — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:47:23 +0000

Here’s a piece from High Definition magazine about Dan Mulligan of Rogue Element Films. Dan recently took delivery of the first Sony F35 in Europe and “found himself somewhat defending the purchase ‘People have been asking ‘Why did you buy that, why didn’t you buy a RED?’”. Dan continues: